2022 – A Year in Review
With the year quickly drawing to a close it’s time for a quick wrap up the most important things that happened and WOW, what a year it’s been.
Thank you to everyone who has visited the blog and supported us in making Auckland greater.…
37 Comments NZ Upgrade Programme review a blessing in disguise
In January last year, just before the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the government announced a $12 billion spend-up on infrastructure – known as the New Zealand Upgrade Programme. Over half of that, $6.8 billion, was earmarked for a series of major transport projects across the country.…
Power up: a visitor’s review of Auckland (by e-bike)
Give a Wellingtonian in Tāmaki a discount e-bike and see what happens… Guest poster Isabella has been buzzing around astride a Smartmotion E-City courtesy of Big Street Bikers. She has some reckons about Auckland for us Aucklanders, so strap in.
Hey Auckland, let me (a Wellingtonian) tell you some Facts about your town.…
Reeves Rd Flyover back on the books
Auckland Transport has had an on-again/off-again type relationship with the $170 million Reeves Rd flyover in Pakuranga. Yesterday they announced it was definitely back on again and sees them running back to the idea that before we can build any PT or cycling infrastructure, we must first build a massive road as compensation.…
Guest Post: FlyKly Review
This is a guest post from our friend Lennart Nout on his FlyKly. If you don’t know what that is then read on.
Why would a (relatively) fit young man like me invest in an electric bike?
Because I am lazy.…
Read This: Walkable City, + Unity Books
Unlike 2012 where there was a bit of internal contention, Walkable City by Jeff Speck was a clear standout for the best book of 2013, and will be included in our upcoming Unity Bookstore selections (more on that in second).
Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America One Step at a Time follows up a massive 2012 that had amongst other great urban reads the 1-2 punch of Human Transit and Straphanger.…
2013: A year in review – Part 2
In Part 2 of my 2013 year in review I’m going to look at transport other than PT so that includes walking/cycling and roads.
Walking/Cycling
2013 has been a bit of a mix when it comes to active modes. There have been some good things happen however in my opinion simply not enough has been done and from what I’ve heard (but haven’t confirmed) Auckland Transport spent well less than they had in the budget for cycling which is extremely disappointing.…
2012: A year in review
Well as another year draws to a end it can be interesting to review what went on and to start with
Blog:
Well we started the year with the news that this sites founder was having to give up blogging due to the fact he got a job at the council.…
Reviewing NZTA Projects
One of the criticisms that we have had of the NZTA in recent years has been that there they don’t appear to go back and check if the what they predicted to happen turned out to be accurate. This is pretty important as they are spending huge amounts of our money on various projects and as we showed last week, it appears that sometimes they aren’t even using real data in their business cases. …
Guest Post: Review – Human Transit
This is a Guest Post by Matt. (Yes a lot of Matts comment on this blog, this is by “handlebars Matt”).
Human Transit is Jarrett Walker’s blog, which he calls the professional blog of a public transit planning consultant. Human Transit – How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives is his book distilling his blog, and the essence of his philosophy of public transport planning.…
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